Hi
I enjoyed this post. I am new to crypto but have already invested in over 30 coins, which has provided me a very intense amount of real world education about crypto. There’s nothing like having skin in the game to make you attentive and an avid learner. Based on these experiences I believe what you are saying is true. I learned through the school of hard knocks that crypto currencies come and go, seemingly with lifespans of fruit flies which are measured in days. You are on the money that coins with no use case were my biggest mistakes, coins with ghost developers or “hit-n-run” developers who make coins, mine coins, sell all their coins and then vanish...
There are so many abandoned coins that there are websights dedicated to listing them. There are also coins which specialize in uniting communities of abandoned coins in their community. There are high ROI Masternode coins which start with high ROI and high coin values until 2-3 hundred masternodes exist then the developers and early investors sell all their coins and abandon the projects. Then the coin price plummets and the coin community is left “holding the bag” of worthless coins. There are far to many coins where the developers are unknown or operate under aliases. The coin github sites are empty.

These are the reasons why I am here investing in Steem. I will make a bold statement. The majority of the cryptocurrency market is like being poor, living in a 3rd world country, it sucks. Being in the Steem coin community is like being middle class in the first world like USA. We have problems like cell phone batteries that give 12 hours of life instead of 13-14 as advertised. But we are not afraid of being eaten by wolves or tigers as we go about our everyday activities. Being here after being a newbie in the crypto jungle I feel like Steem is amazing. Steem has not just one use case, but several. Steem has not one developer but several hundred! Steem has a huge active community, Steem has DAPPs, Steem has so many positive attributes missing from your every day coins that it is like a beacon of light in the darkness. I know that sounds dramatic, but the differences between Steem and your average Alt-coin are dramatic. I have lived life in the crypto jungle and this “the Steem Community” is an oasis, Steem is a highly advanced cryptocurrency civilization.
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